MARIJUANA

Activity	Teen Marijuana Quiz
Time of Year	Any time of year
Summary	Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug among today's youth. With education and promotion, students can learn to say no to marijuana.
Objective	To educate young people on the dangers of marijuana and discourage marijuana use
Who	Middle or high school groups
Materials Needed	1. The Teen Quiz 2. Pen or pencil

Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug among today's youth. Among youth age 12-17 who use drugs, approximately 60% use marijuana only.¹ Between 1991 and 2001, the number of eighth graders who used marijuana doubled from one in ten to one in five.²

What to Do

• Click here to download the Teen Marijuana Quiz. Photocopy the Teen Marijuana Quiz.
• Distribute the quiz to the group.
• Pose the following questions for discussion after completion.
  • Did any of the facts surprise you?
  • Share one thing you learned from this quiz.
  • Who else would benefit from taking the quiz?

 

¹ National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, 2001
² Monitoring the Future, 2002

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